Do They Hear You When You Cry (edit title)

Fatimah :D "Eif Mubarak ! " :] edited the characters of Do They Hear You When You Cry Thursday, October 15 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added the description of Fauziya: she is the main Character
• marked the description of Fauziya as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Laili Basheer: she is a law Student, and she helped Fauziya alot through the story.
• marked the description of Laili Basheer as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Aisha: she is Fauziya's Sister and she helped runaway
• marked the description of Aisha as not a spoiler

Fatimah :D "Eif Mubarak ! " :] edited the contributors of Do They Hear You When You Cry Thursday, October 15 2009.

• Added a contributor: Laili Basheer: (Author)

Shelfari edited the description of Do They Hear You When You Cry Saturday, August 1 2009.

• For Fauziya Kassindja, an idyllic childhood in Togo, West Africa, sheltered from the tribal practices of polygamy and genital mutilation, ended with her beloved father's sudden death. Forced into an arranged marriage at age seventeen, Fauziya was told to prepare for kakia, the ritual also known as female genital mutilation. It is a ritual no woman can refuse. But Fauziya dared to try. This is her story--told in her own words--of fleeing Africa just hours before the ritual kakia was to take place, of seeking asylum in America only to be locked up in U.S. prisons, and of meeting Layli Miller Bashir, a law student who became Fauziya's friend and advocate during her horrifying sixteen months behind bars. Layli enlisted help from Karen Musalo, an expert in refugee law and acting director of the American University International Human Rights Clinic. In addition to devoting her own considerable efforts to the case, Musalo assembled a team to fight with her on Fauziya's behalf. Ultimately, in a landmark decision in immigration history, Fauziya Kassindja was granted asylum on June 13, 1996. Do They Hear You When You Cry is her unforgettable chronicle of triumph.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Do They Hear You When You Cry Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Fauziya Kassindja: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Do They Hear You When You Cry Thursday, July 16 2009.

• I needed to go home before I forgot my home, forgot where I came from, who I was, who my people were.